KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Wednesday launched a major ballistic and cruise missile attack on regions across Ukraine, targeting energy production and compelling authorities to shut down the power grid in some areas despite freezing winter weather, officials said.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said it had introduced a strike in “extremely significant facilities in fuel and energy infrastructure that guarantees the operation of the Ukrainian Army Commercial Complex. ” He gave the objective places or other details.
The dam arrived a day after the Russian Ministry of Defense swore an answer to what it said it was an attack on Russian soil, several missiles provided through the West.
Kyiv did not verify this attack, he declared on Tuesday that he had hit an oil refinery and a fuel garage tank, a chemical factory that generated ammunition and two anti -life missile systems, in an attack against missiles and drones that reached Approximately 700 miles in Russia.
Long-range attacks were a feature of the nearly three-year war, where on the front line broke about six hundred miles northeast in southern Ukraine, armies engaged in a war of attrition. Russia has made progress on the battlefield in the year beyond the year, its progress has been slow and costly.
The defenses of Ukraine have suffered a strong tension for months in the eastern region of Donetsk, where Russian forces decide to capture Pokrovsk’s key bastion.
The situation there is “critically bad” as Russian forces are intent on cutting off the Dnipro highway, which is a vital supply route for Pokrovsk, Serhii Filimonov, commander of the 108th Separate Mechanized Battalion, told the Associated Press on Wednesday.
Russia attacked Ukraine with 43 missiles and 74 drones before Wednesday, said the Ukraine Air Force. In total, 30 missiles and 47 drones were killed and 27 drones not when reaching their goal, he said.
Russian missiles have sought objectives of the Lvvvi region in western Ukraine, near Poland, in Jharkiv, northeast of Ukraine, which Russia borders. Corporate from the Ukrenergo State Force has reported interruptions of the emergency force in six regions. It stops production during caution attacks.
“The enemy continues to terrorize Ukrainians,” wrote Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko on Facebook.
The electrical energy source has taken over families in certain regions until noon, however, Ukrenergo suggested to consumers to avoid electricity.
Russia has tried to paralyze the Ukraine Force Network, denying the heat, electricity and current water of the country in an effort to break the Ukrainian spirit. The attacks also sought to interrupt the Ukraine defense production industry.
Last September, the United Nations Refugee Agency said Ukraine had lost more than 60% of its energy production capacity.
Ukrainian authorities try to rebuild their power generation after the attack, though the barrages have eroded production. Western partners have been helping Ukraine rebuild.
“It is the middle of the winter, and Russia’s goal remains unchanged: our energy infrastructure,” Zelensky said on Telegram.
He suggested to Western partners to accelerate the delivery of air defense weapons to Ukraine, emphasizing that “promises have been made but still completely. “
Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine each exchanged 25 prisoners of war under the latest swap brokered by the United Arab Emirates, officials said.
Arhirova and Konoveov write for Associated Press. Samya Kulab contributed to this report.
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